From 08da62875d9b030f0a8d98a702ee5b242f984477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:52:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] TAP explanation and NEWS update.

---
 NEWS          |  2 ++
 test/Makefile | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4d7c4d4..d85264c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Repository head::
     Fixed a longstanding bug in the chart display.
+    Minor port fixes for recent Python 23 versions.
+    Test suite is TAPified.
 
 2.5: 2019-04-24::
     Now runs identically under Python 2 and Python 3.
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 557cbd5..a0d9126 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -2,20 +2,23 @@
 
 PYTHON=python
 
-TAPFILTER=cat
+# The tests output TAP (Test Anything Proocol)
+# If you have either of these TAP viwers installed,
+# S good ing will happen.
+TAPVIEWER=cat
 ifeq (,$(command -v tapview))
-	TAPFILTER=tapview
+	TAPVIEWER=tapview
 else
 	ifeq (,$(command -v tappy))
-		TAPFILTER=tappy
+		TAPVIEWER=tappy
 	endif
 endif
 
 all:
 	@echo "With Python 2:"
-	@$(MAKE) -e PYTHON=python2 regress | $(TAPFILTER)
+	@$(MAKE) -e PYTHON=python2 regress | $(TAPVIEWER)
 	@echo "With Python 3:"
-	@$(MAKE) -e PYTHON=python3 regress | $(TAPFILTER)
+	@$(MAKE) -e PYTHON=python3 regress | $(TAPVIEWER)
 	@echo "No diff output is good news."
 
 .SUFFIXES: .log .chk
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